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Mission

Grateful Dead
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
 I turn and walk away,  then I come  around again.
 It looks  as though tomorrow  I'll do  pretty much the same.
 I must turn down your offer,  but I'd like  to ask a break
 You know I'm ready  to give everything  for anything  I take
 -  - ....  (bass: -----lower )
- (  bass)
  Someone called my name, you know I turned around to see
 It was midnight  in the Mission, and  the bells  were not for me.
 Come again, walking  along  in the Mission  in the rain
Come  again, walking along  in the Mission  in the rain.
 Ten years ago I walked this street, my dreams were riding tall.
 Tonight I would be thankful Lord for any dream at all.
 Some folks would be happy just to have one dream come true,
 But anything you gather is just more that you can lose,
 Come again... (chorus repeat)
 All the things I planned to do I only did halfway,
 Tomorrow will be Sunday born of rainy Saturday
 There's some satisfaction in the San Francisco rain,
 No matter what comes down the Mission always looks the same
 Come again... (chorus repeat, keep repeating)
 I have chords for Picasso Moon, but not all the riffs yet. If even
 one single person writes and asks me to post them, I will. Does
 anyone have authoritative words for that song? I have a strange
 copy with "Oooh, we're just dancin'..." all over it.
 Paul Anderson
 Reed College, Portland OR

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Readable chord sheet for Mission by Grateful Dead

[Bm]   [C#7]   [F#m]
I turn and walk [C#7]away, then I [Em]come around [G]again.
It [D]looks as though to[A]morrow I'll do[C#7] pretty much the [F#m]same.
I must turn down your [C#7]offer, but I'd [Em]like to ask a [G]break
You know I'm [D]ready to give [A]everything for [C#7]anything I [F#m]take  [F#]
[Bm] - [C#7] - [D]....    (bass: [B]-[C#]-[E]-[C#]-[B]-lower [E])
[A]    [D] [A]
[D]-[E]                           [D]      [A]                [D]    [A]([C#] bass)
  Someone called my name, you know I turned around to see
It was [Bm]midnight in the [E]Mission, [A]and the [D]bells were not for [E]me.
Come [D]again, [E]    [Bm]walking a[C#m]long in the [D]Mission in the [A]rain
[G]Come a[D]gain, [Bm]walking [C#m]along in the [D]Mission in the [A]rain.    [D]

Ten years ago I walked this street, my dreams were riding tall.
Tonight I would be thankful Lord for any dream at all.
Some folks would be happy just to have one dream come true,
But anything you gather is just more that you can lose,
Come again... (chorus repeat)

All the things I planned to do I only did halfway,
Tomorrow will be Sunday born of rainy Saturday
There's some satisfaction in the San Francisco rain,
No matter what comes down the Mission always looks the same
Come again... (chorus repeat, keep repeating)

[Bm]   [C#m]   [D]   [E]   [A]

I have chords for Picasso Moon, but not all the riffs yet. If even
one single person writes and asks me to post them, I will. Does
anyone have authoritative words for that song? I have a strange
copy with "Oooh, we're just dancin'..." all over it.

Paul Anderson
Reed College, Portland OR

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